The collapse of ObamaCare is the tip of the iceberg for the magical Obama presidency.

From the moment he emerged in the public eye with his 2004 speech at the Democratic Convention and through his astonishing defeat of the Clintons in 2008, Barack Obama's calling card has been credibility. He speaks, and enough of the world believes to keep his presidency afloat. Or used to.

All of a sudden, from Washington to Riyadh, Barack Obama's credibility is melting.

Col. Allen West portrayed it best here. Just view video, or, read the following eloquence from an early American intellectual and liberty-loving President:

Example:

1801 Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson (Excerpt)

"Let us, then, with courage and confidence pursue our own Federal and Republican principles, our attachment to union and representative government. Kindly separated by nature and a wide ocean from the exterminating havoc of one quarter of the globe;

too high-minded to endure the degradations of the others;

possessing a chosen country, with room enough for our descendants to the thousandth and thousandth generation;

entertaining a due sense of our equal right to the use of our own faculties, to the acquisitions of our own industry, to honor and confidence from our fellow-citizens, resulting not from birth, but from our actions and their sense of them;

enlightened by a benign religion, professed, indeed, and practiced in various forms, yet all of them inculcating honesty, truth, temperance, gratitude, and the love of man;

acknowledging and adoring an overruling Providence, which by all its dispensations proves that it delights in the happiness of man here and his greater happiness hereafterwith all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people?

Still one thing more, fellow-citizensa wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities."- Thomas Jefferson

Credibility? He has been inept since day one in office with failed programs like Cash for Clunkers, Porkulus, Obamacare, Recovery Summer (Bummer), etc. Complete failure. He is coming up on 6 years on office and the economy is worse than when he started. Blows my mind.

Sen. Rubio said he and other reform participants, such as Idaho's Rep. Raul Labrador, are afraid that if they cut an immigration deal with the White Housesay, offering a path to citizenship in return for strong enforcement of any new lawMr. Obama will desert them by reneging on the enforcement.

Isn't that exactly the strategy that "the Prophet Mohammed" counseled?

This is not rocket science. Are they just figuring this out now?

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posted on 10/24/2013 11:47:49 AM PDT
by Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")

“He still has the Senate, a loyal media, the low information voter, and the university culture. They will die for him and with him.”

In regards to the Senate, for now until late next year when it gets more conservative new senators, the old msm is getting beat outright by the new media, the university culture, wait until the university culture graduates, and as far the LIV’s, wait until reality hits them with Obamacare. This too shall pass.

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posted on 10/24/2013 12:07:28 PM PDT
by Biggirl
(Go, do not be afraid, and serve-Pope Francis)

The next time King Abdullah looked up, Mr. Obama was hanging the Saudis out to dry yet again by phoning up Iran's President Hasan Rouhani, Assad's primary banker and armorer, to chase a deal on nuclear weapons. Within days, Saudi Arabia's intelligence chief, Prince Bandar, let it be known that the Saudis intend to distance themselves from the U.S.

Is Obama setting us up to stand with Iran? Jeeze, it doesn't get much weirder.

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posted on 10/25/2013 7:29:47 AM PDT
by GOPJ
(Self-respect is the root of discipline...dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself-Heschel)

Thanks, but my post re West's website depiction of Obama's leadership abilities (the subject of Henninger's column) related to the video at West's site--not to his use of the oft-repeated Tocqueville remark. Everyone from Reagan to Clinton and many others have used that statement and wrongly attributed it to Tocqueville(not, "de Tocqueville")

West's use of the statement does not devalue the excellent point made by the comparison of intellectual, oratorical, and leadership capabilities of the three men whose remarks are contrasted in the video.

Many years ago, I learned the necessity of consulting original sources when utilizing oft-quoted statements from historical figures. There are some famous ones which were never said by the figures to whom they have been attributed--such as Abraham Lincoln and Edmund Burke.

Thanks, but my post re West's website depiction of Obama's leadership abilities (the subject of Henninger's column) related to the video at West's site--not to his use of the oft-repeated Tocqueville remark.

My comment had nothing to do with your post.

not, "de Tocqueville"

The name says that his family was from the town of Toquville, therefore the use of the prefix is grammatically correct, in French.

West's use of the statement does not devalue the excellent point made by the comparison of intellectual, oratorical, and leadership capabilities of the three men whose remarks are contrasted in the video.

Of course not. My point in posting it was in the hope that it gets back to him because I am sure he would prefer to be historically correct. There are many other quotes about morality and liberty I'm sure he could use as a substitute.

Many years ago, I learned the necessity of consulting original sources when utilizing oft-quoted statements from historical figures.

Writing a book is what did that for me.

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posted on 10/25/2013 2:04:02 PM PDT
by Carry_Okie
(ZeroCare: Make them pay; do not delay.)

Nick, by now it ought to be painfully obvious that Obama has nothing to do with anything. He is the "walking-talking-race-card" that silences any opposition while the revolution establishes itself.

IMHO, since we are not running against Obama in '16, what could possibly be the point of endless bitching about him? IMNVHO, since there is NO Leader articulating a specific Program or Plan to undo the incredible harm done to the Republic, merely pointing out the problem is a bit negative and actually helps the Democrats.

We know how bad the guy is. So what? What do we have? We need to win in 2014. OK. What happens then? We bneed to win 2016. OK. What happens then?

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